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FREDDIE KING

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Burglar

My latest fad has been to dig for Blues albums. On Burglar, guitarist Freddie King plays an updated and more commercial version of the Blues. There are a couple songs…

Filed under: Music, Blues

PAUL BUTTERFIELD

Sunday, January 31, 2010

East - West

East - West was the band’s third album. The group was an outgrowth of the white Blues revival in Chicago featuring bandleader Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield,…

Filed under: Music, Blues, Rock

FREDDIE KING

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Getting Ready

Freddie King was a long time Blues guitarist who was originally from Texas, but moved to Chicago at a young age where he got caught up in the city’s powerful…

Filed under: Music, Blues

ZZ HILL

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Brand New

Texas singer Z.Z. Hill had a long career in the Blues and Soul scene lasting all the way into the 1980s. Swamp Dogg aka Jerry Williams produced the album. The whole…

Filed under: Music, Blues, Soul

CHARLES BROWN

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Blues N Brown

Charles Brown was a Blues player, born in Texas, but moved to Los Angeles in 1943 as part of the Second Great Migration of blacks out of the South West to California.…

Filed under: Music, Blues

MEL BROWN

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Eighteen Pounds Of Unclean Chitlins And Other Greasy Blues Specialties

Eighteen Pounds is a collection of Brown’s earlier work from his Chicken Fat, I’d Rather Suck My Thumb, Mel Brown’s Fifth, and Wizard LPs. The album…

Filed under: Music, Blues, Funk

MEL BROWN

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Chicken Fat

Mel Brown was by far the funkiest Blues player out there. He released a series of albums in the late-60s and early-70s on Impulse that just rocked. Chicken Fat was…

Filed under: Music, Blues, Soul

GENE DOZIER AND THE BROTHERHOOD

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Blues Power

Blues Power has a decidedly 60s feel to it with its song selection of Soul hits. There are instrumental versions of Soul Man, I Wanna Testify, Watermelon Man, Hold…

Filed under: Music, Blues, Soul

FREDDIE ROBINSON

Sunday, January 31, 2010

At The Drive-In

Freddy Robinson was a blues-jazz guitarist that worked with Monk Higgins. The whole first side is blues based with only I Found My Soul Last Night standing out because…

Filed under: Music, Blues, Jazz

MUDDY WATERS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Electric Mud

Cadet Concept was the brainchild of Leonard Chess’ son. He wanted to make the Chess/Cadet label more contemporary; more attuned to the psychedelic sounds that…

Filed under: Music, Blues, Funk, Rock

MEL BROWN

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Blues For We

Famed Blues guitarist Mel Brown opens up with a cover of the Isley’s Twist And Shout played pretty straightforward. The title track is much better with a short…

Filed under: Music, Blues, Soul

JOHN LEE HOOKER

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Free Beer And Chicken

With an opening song entitled Make It Funky how could you go wrong? John Lee Hooker was a long time Blues man, but he did get some Funk on Free Beer and Chicken. There’s…

Filed under: Music, Blues

BOBBY BLAND

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Dreamer

Bobby Bland had a long career stretching over several decades. Dreamer was one of this best selling albums as it included the hit song Ain’t No Love In The Heart…

Filed under: Music, Blues

GUS JENKINS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Chittlins/ You’ll Be The One

Chittlins is an instrumental built around a slow and easy Blues progression with a guitar and piano that take turns soloing. You’ll Be The One is more of the…

Filed under: Music, Blues

JOHNNY OTIS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Cuttin Up

Johnny Otis was a long time blues and R&B player in California, who is still going even today. He also fathered a famous son, Shuggie Otis, who played in his band…

Filed under: Music, Blues, Soul

MIGHTY JOE YOUNG

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Blues With A Touch Of Soul

Joe Young was a guitarist from Milwaukee who made his name in the famous Chicago Blues scene. Like many of his compatriots he was born in the South, but then his family…

Filed under: Music, Blues, Soul

ALBERT COLLINS

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Compleat Albert Collins

Albert Collins was a Blues guitarist who released a couple funky albums on Imperial. Soul Food is a good introduction to his sound with Collins listing dishes like…

Filed under: Music, Blues, Soul

EARL HOOKER

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Funk Last Of The Great Earl Hooker

Earl Hooker was one of the many great Blues men that was born in the South and migrated to Chicago. While most of the album is straight Blues, he opens with two really…

Filed under: Music, Blues

LITTLE SONNY

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Black & Blue

Little Sonny was a blues player signed to the Stax subsidiary Enterprise. On this album, he was backed by the Bar-Kays and their influence appears on quite a few of…

Filed under: Music, Blues

MEL BROWN

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Big Foot Country Girl

The title of the album is Big Foot Country Girl and it looks as if they found a good example of such a woman pictured on the front cover. Musically, Brown seems to…

Filed under: Music, Blues, Soul

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